Gavin Walker: 3 books
The Sublime Perversion of Capital
Marxist Theory and the Politics of History in Modern Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
In The Sublime Perversion of Capital Gavin Walker examines the Japanese debate about capitalism between the 1920s and 1950s, using it as a "prehistory" to consider current discussions of uneven development and contemporary topics in Marxist theory and historiography. Walker locates the debate's...
The Japanese '68
Theory, Politics, Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2021
Japan: The "other," lesser-known 1968
The analysis of May 68 in Paris, Berkeley, and the Western world has been widely reconsidered. But 1968 is not only a year that conjures up images of Paris, Frankfurt, or Milan: it is also the pivotal year for a new anti-colonial and anti-capitalist...
Energy and Society
A Critical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development, consumption, vulnerability and transition together...